American citizen Peter Brown received two favorable judgements from U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams Friday after being detained for ICE by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in 2018.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in that year , claiming Monroe County Sheriff Richard Ramsay unlawfully detained and nearly deported the U.S. citizen.

U.S. Judge Kathleen Williams ruled in favor of Brown on summary judgement Friday on two counts: unconstitutional seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment and false imprisonment.

According to court records, Brown, born in Philadelphia in 1968, turned himself in for a probation violation in 2018 after testing positive for marijuana. His fingerprints were submitted to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which ide

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